The best way to accomplish this is to be role modeling this relationship 24/7. Then when the Yomim Tovim come around we infuse our children with that EXTRA level of excitement with the stories of the chag and the special simanim and treats that are associated with each chag. If we are lax in our joy and kesher with both Hashem and Yiddishkeit during the year or on chol, and then just get excited about a chag or just try to get the kids excited about it, it can fall flat on deaf ears. Then parents wonder what is wrong with their children but realize or deny the fact that it is not the children that are in the wrong it is they themselves who need to re-evaluate their lives, priorities and commitments.
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